Egypt Today ‘Hawai Tourism and Investment’ company, a leading in real estate and tourism construction development firm, held a press conference at Al-Masalah Garden, on Wednesday, to announce the launch of ‘The Cairo Eye’ project. The project is the first observation wheel in Cairo and the largest in Africa, standing at …
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Egypt Today Khaled el-Enany, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities and Major General Ashraf Attia, Governor of Aswan, inaugurated the Isis Temple on Friday. Restoration works were completed to develop and raise the efficiency of the temple’s tourism services. The reopening coincides with the celebration of the National Day of Aswan, …
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Nevine el-Aref – Ahram Online A collection of 100 intact 26th Dynasty anthropoid coffins, sealed and painted, were unearthed by an Egyptian archaeological mission working in the Saqqara Necropolis. The discovery includes golden funerary masks and a collection of 40 wooden statues of Saqqara goddess Ptah Soker, some of which …
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Nevine el-Aref – Ahram Online Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities will announce the biggest archaeological discovery in 2020 at a press conference in the Saqqara Necropolis in the coming days, sources said in Cairo. According to the authoritative sources, “an Egyptian archaeological mission working in the Saqqara Necropolis, discovered …
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Ahram Online Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi inaugurated the Royal Vehicles Museum, Sharm El-Sheikh Museum and the Kafr El-Sheikh Museum via videoconference on Saturday. Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled El-Anany said, “17 museums have been inaugurated or developed throughout the past six years”. “The opening of the Sharm El-Sheikh Museum is …
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Egypt Independent An Egyptian archaeological mission unearthed an ancient tomb of a royal treasury supervisor named ‘Badi Est’, at the al-Ghuraifah area in Minya Governorate. Stone statues and other archaeological findings within indicated that the tomb was well-preserved. “The tomb consists of a burial well that is 10 metres deep, …
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Egypt Today The Grand Egyptian Museum is working on completing its official website soon. The website will offer visitors online virtual tours of the museum, assist with directions to the museum, display the working hours and how to book tickets. The museum said that the official website will feature programs …
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Mustafa Marie – Egypt Today Renowned Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass said “I am currently forming a team of Egyptian and international thinkers and intellectuals, to sign an official letter on the necessity of the return of Nefertiti’s head statue to be sent to Germany from the Ministry of Tourism and …
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Nevine el-Aref – Ahram Online An Egyptian archaeological mission uncovered a large collection of 59 intact and sealed coffins at Saqqara Necropolis near Giza, Egypt. Sixty ambassadors and international media representatives flocked to the site to witness the announcement of the new discovery on Saturday. Almost 40 anthropoid painted coffins …
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Egypt Today Head of the German North Rhine-Westphalia state Government, Armin Laschet, returned to Egypt four antique statues, dating back to the period between 600 and 400 BC. According to German government data, the Paderborn Public Prosecutor confiscated the statues in 2016, during investigations into the circulation of stolen artwork. …
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